Astaire by Numbers. Time & the Straight White Male Dancer, Paperback/***

Astaire by Numbers offers a complete re-assessment of a twentieth-century icon of American popular culture through a new looks at every second of dancing Fred Astaire committed to film in the studio era. Author Todd Decker provides a deep examination of this towering straight white male figure from the ground up by digging deeply into questions of race, gender, and sexuality. Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Author(s): Todd (Paul Tietjens Professor of Music, Paul Tietjens Professor of Music, Washington University in St. Louis) Decker Illustration(s): 210 Number of pages: 504 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 30 Cover type: Paperback / softback